Clinical Research Training in Child Psychiatry

描述（申请人提供）：本申请是5 T32 MH 18951 -12的竞争性更新，该项目是儿童心理健康干预和服务研究领域的博士后临床研究培训项目。要求支持四名住院后儿童精神病学家，四名博士后儿童心理学家或其他博士准备的专业人员，以及四名医学生夏季研究选修课。在夏季的研究经验，医学生与来自培训学院的研究导师在一个项目，导致一个可持续的产品，以激发儿童精神病学研究的兴趣更大的工作。博士后培训计划准备学员制定儿童心理健康干预和服务研究的原始，精辟的问题。强调以下领域：（1）临床流行病学，了解病程发病的预测因素，以及对儿童精神障碍治疗的反应;（2）使用临床试验方法进行干预和预防研究;（3）精神卫生服务研究，包括传播研究;以及（4）治疗反应的生物和遗传预测因素。一个具有悠久而成功的研究和研究培训历史的多学科教师小组参与了该计划，并在所有上述领域拥有专业知识。该计划的最重要的方面是学员与学术上成功的导师配对。导师让受训者参与现有的项目，监督受训者编写出版物，并帮助受训者起草研究协议，这些协议将导致该领域的重大进展，并为独立研究提供外部资金。将为每个受训者制定一个量身定制的教学研究课程，以确保获得与受训者研究兴趣相关的研究设计、统计和内容领域的核心知识。受训人员通过研讨会获得核心技能，包括制定研究问题、撰写资助金和项目管理（“研究生存技能”），以及管理研究中的道德问题。在上一个项目期间，我们的毕业生取得了成功：该计划的11名毕业生中，有10人发表了同行评审论文，9人获得了外部资助，7人获得了学术任命，3人已经被公认为各自领域的领导者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a competitive renewal of 5T32MH18951-12, a postdoctoral clinical research training program in child mental health intervention and services research. Support is requested for four post-residency child psychiatrists, four post-doctoral child psychologists or other doctorally-prepared professionals, and four medical students for summer research electives. In the summer research experience, medical students work with a research preceptor from the training faculty on a project leading to a publishable product in order to stimulate greater interest in child psychiatry research. The postdoctoral training program prepares trainees to formulate original, incisive questions in child mental health intervention and services research. The following areas are emphasized: (1) clinical epidemiology, understanding the predictors of course onset, and response to treatment of child mental disorders; (2) intervention and prevention research using clinical trials methodology; (3) mental health services research, including dissemination studies; and (4) biological and genetic predictors of treatment response. A multidisciplinary faculty group with a long and successful history of research and research training is involved with the program, with expertise in all of the above-noted areas. The foremost aspect of the program is the pairing of the trainee with an academically successful mentor. The mentor involves the trainee in existing projects, supervises the trainee in the development of publications, and helps the trainee to draft research protocols that will lead to significant advances in the field and external funding for independent research. An individually tailored course of didactic study will be developed for each trainee to ensure the acquisition of core knowledge in research design, statistics, and content areas relevant to the research interests of the trainee. Trainees acquire core skills through seminars in formulation of research questions, grant writing, and project management ("research survival skills"), and managing ethical issues in the conduct of research. In the last project period, our graduates have been successful: of 11 graduates of the program, 10 have published peer-reviewed papers, and 9 have received external funding, 7 have academic appointments, and 3 are already recognized as leaders in their field.